The Academy is designed to broaden and deepen the knowledge, networking, and communication skills of postgraduate students and professionals who are concerned about human dimensions of environmental challenges. The course conveners will select 15 to 18 Masters/PhD students or professionals from around the world who have the capacity to become future environmental leaders in academic, civil society or governmental institutions. The cost of the Academy is €1500, inclusive of accommodation, tuition, field trips, insurance and materials, but excluding local and international travel, meals and other living costs. Some partial and full scholarships will be available to cover travel, living costs in Munich and the course fee.

Applications are invited from students in the humanities, natural sciences and social science as well as from postgraduates working in advocacy, media or policy who focus on the relationship of environment and society.

The candidates will be selected from a diverse range of disciplines including (but not limited to) anthropology

• Area studies
• Conservation biology
• Earth sciences
• Ecology
• Economics
• Environmental history
• Environmental studies
• Geography
• History
• Literary studies
• Media studies
• Philosophy
• Psychology
• Religious studies
• Sociology
• Visual arts

GESA 2012 will emphasize on human dimensions of global environmental change, ranging from adaptive community management regimes to planetary processes. It will span local to global scales in exploring the most critical contemporary environmental issues from the perspective of biocultural diversity,   environmental history and sustainability studies. Students will gain literacy in policy matters and will acquire skills in research design, fieldwork methods and data analysis related to documenting local environmental knowledge.

Deadline: 15 March 2012

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